Opinion: Tom Brady is one of America's most insufferable athletes
We are currently in a period of triumph for Tom Brady and his loyal fans.
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We are currently in a period of triumph for Tom Brady and his loyal fans.
Every March, the country is consumed by an obsession with the basketball tournament we’ve come to know as March Madness. As someone who is mildly obsessed with basketball year round, I usually find the exponential increase in attention fun and refreshing. Over the past few years, however, I've began to notice a disturbing trend.
We have reached the NBA All-Star Break. For basketball fans, this is an exhibition of the most entertaining facets of the NBA: high flying dunks, young superstars facing off and the best players in the world competing against one another. But for NBA players, the All-Star Break’s purpose is to provide a much-needed rest as they prepare for the grueling, final 30-game push toward the playoffs.
Sports are mostly an exercise in extreme catharsis. You rarely remember the times of mediocrity for your favorite teams. Fortunately, the ecstatic highs stay with you as joyful memories and happy associations of certain times of year. But the bitter lows stay with you much longer and more vividly than anything else in the realm of sports enthusiasm.